Other forms: marlins
A marlin is a large fast game fish with a spear-like snout. Catch a marlin, a blue marlin, the marlin leapt.
It is among the fastest fish in the sea and can weigh several hundred kilos, which is why it is the classic big-game catch — the old man's fish in Hemingway is one. Most sport fishing for them is now catch and release. The name is short for marlinspike.
1nounmarlinA large fast game fish with a spear-like snout.
“The fisherman fought for hours to land a huge marlin.”
marlin is a fish.
Short for marlinspike, a pointed tool used in ropework, named for the shape of the fish's snout.
A contraction of marlinspike, named so because of its pointed snout.
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